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Hey, guys. Stephanie with americanmuscle.com, here with a review and install of the K&N FIPK Cold Air Intake, available for the 2005 to 2009 V6 Mustang. The K&N FIPK Cold Air Intake is one cold air intake option from K&N for the V6 Mustang that offers a different look with its black intake tube. FIPK stands for Fuel Injection Performance Kit, and this is a 50-state smog legal cold air intake that does not require a tune. So it's a good option for someone looking for a CARB-certified intake to improve looks under the hood and to bolt on and go and for someone looking for a minor gain in performance or throttle response.So the good thing about a no-tune required intake is obvious. It doesn't require a tune. So you get the benefits of a cold air intake, the sound and the looks, without having to pay for a tune as well. But just because this intake doesn't require a tune, doesn't mean that you can't pair it with a tune. Get the most performance benefits from the intake when you pair it with a tune. Without the tune, you're looking at gaining a couple of horsepower.The K&N is gonna come with a few pieces. You have everything here that you need for the install. You have your air filter, your inlet tube, clamps, an adapter for the filter, and a coupler for the filter as well. It's gonna come with all the necessary hardware that you need to get the intake installed. Looking at some of the components of the intake, the air filter is a reusable oiled filter made from layers of cotton gauze and screens that are epoxy coated for durability and filtration. Oil is used to treat the cotton gauze to give it tackiness and give it the filtration abilities that it needs.What's nice about a reusable filter is that you can clean the filter when it's dirty and reinstall it and not have to worry about having to purchase a new filter every time. The intake tube is a plastic tube, and this is gonna be the biggest differentiator between this K&N intake and the Series 69. The Series 69 has a polished aluminum intake tube, and that's gonna look totally different in the engine bay.When it comes to price, you can expect to pay just over the $300 mark with this intake. This is a little bit more on the expensive side when you compare it to the price of other intakes, but keep in mind that this is a no-tune required intake, so you don't have to purchase a tune if you don't want to. If you're looking for something less expensive, SR Performance does sell an intake with a black inlet tube like this one for close to $200 mark. As for the install, it's nothing too difficult, and like I mentioned earlier, the intake will come with all the items that you need to complete the install. All you really need to complete the install is a few basic hand tools. This is probably one of the easier mods that you can tackle with your Mustang, and it'll take about a half-hour or an hour tops. I'm gonna call it a one out of three wrenches on the difficulty meter.All that you need to do is remove the factory air box. You need to disconnect the air box from the inner fender and remove the inlet tube from the air filter and the throttle body. We're just talking about a few bolts and clamps to get this done. The K&N install is nearly the same way that the factory air box came out, but it is a little bit different because of the heat shield. Just have an L-bracket instead. The rest of the install is pretty much the same as installing a factory intake. Just put on your new couplers and clamps and slide on the air filter and shroud into place and then tighten everything down.Wrapping things up here with the K&N FIPK Cold Air Intake, this is an intake that does not require a tune. It comes with a black inlet tube for a dark look under the hood and a reusable air filter. As always, you can check it out more online right here at americanmuscle.com

Filters out harmful contaminants. The supplied K&N Filter successfully filter's out harmful contaminants with it's unique layered design. K&N Air Filters are made up of layers of specially treated cotton gauze that are sandwiched between two epoxy-coated aluminum wire screens for durability. K&N uses a specially formulated grade of oil to treat the cotton gauze layers which causes a tackiness throughout the cotton's microscopic strands creating a powerful filtering media that ensures engine protection.

CARB Certified. Best of all this K&N Mustang Air Intake Kit is 50-state smog legal under Carb EO# D-269-37.

Straight Forward Installation. Installing the K&N Air Intake Kit on a 2005-2009 V6 is simple and straight forward using commonly available basic hand tools, with no extra modifications or computer retuning required for proper installation.

I feel like the exposed filter would be harmed in the rain... am I wrong?

No, the rain will not harm anything. I have this same exact intake and I have driven in plenty of rain. The hood of your vehicle prevents any water from entering the engine bay, and this intake remains in the engine bay. Don't worry, you will be fine in the rain with this intake.

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This K&N intake does not require a tune with installation. However, a tune will offer maximum performance from the upgrade. That being said, a Bama tuner with custom tune would be a great complementary mod with this CAI. Some others would be a true dual exhaust conversion and a 70mm Throttle Body. Feel free to give us a call anytime as well - we'd be happy to discuss what your plans are for your ride and help you figure out which direction would be best.

No u do not have to tune your car when you install the CAI. Some good mods to do our new exhaust & headers Throttlebody.

Tune is Not REQUIRED, but will be help full to put all the new air flowing better into the engine. Exhaust for a better flow, throttle body. In my 2000 i have msd wires and coil pack, jba headers, custom x pype, 2 pype m80, catless, bbk cai. soon to come a tuner and nitrous
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Both brands are good, I would say both are aftermarket and with the tuner you will get the most of both. Which one you choose is up to you, you can also search "CAI k&n vs. airaid" to help you with your decision.
Also think of any other mods you are willing to do in the future to make sure that these are compatible with whatever you want to do. eg. Airaid CAI will not fit with airaid thruttle body spacer...

Their is not much Difference Between the two. They should give you pretty much the same amount of horsepower.

They are both high quality products that work very well in the intended application. I have used both products and can honestly say that the only difference would be price.

As you expect with KandN, this is a quality product. Installation is straightforward, and the directions are clear. Power gain is very noticeable, but not significant - as is to be expected from an intake that simply bolts on without reprogramming. I would absolutely purchase this again.

This was the first mod I added to my engine. Installation took me about 90 minutes, instructions were easy to follow and it came well packaged. I took my car out for a test drive once it was installed and noticed an immidiate gain in horsepower and torque, faster throttle response, and that sweet sweet whistling sound! Can't wait to see how much better it performs once it is tuned! KandN once again proves it's money well spent!

Super easy install (with basic hand tool skills). Not as loud sucking noise as people say it is. You can definently hear it when pressing on accelerator especially when the hood is up. Directions were a nice help, be sure to look at the numbers of each step if not you'll do as I did and go from step 1 to step 12. Lol great buy what else would you expect from Kandn? And as always great customer service and super fast shipping from AmericanMuscle

This intake is awesome I can feel a power difference especially in my lower gears ! Install was a little longer then expected, I spent about 2-3 to install properly. I also find it a little pricey but then it's only my second CAI. Overall though I'm glad I bought it and it definitely looks good under the hood !

Put this on my 2007 V6 4.0 Premium and I definitely notice a difference in handling. The acceleration on my car has improved and the engine is much more sensitive when you press down on the gas. Easy enough to install and no tuner is necessary to notice a performance change. Makes a great hissing/inhale noise when you're on the gas pedal.

Easy installation. Took maybe an hour (this is from a guy with 10 thumbs and 2 left hands). No huge performance gains. Maybe a 1 MPG increase. No big sound change, but the V6 is about as loud as a Farmall tractor. The intake definitely looks like it belongs in the engine bay. The big performance increase will come about if you install an upgraded throttle body.

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